Canadian Reginald Aubrey Fessenden in his lab believed circa 1906 (Source: Radio Canada International)
Now an annual Christmas tradition, Brian Justin (WA1ZMS) will put his longwave experimental station WI2XLQ on the air to commemorate the anniversary of Reginald Fessenden’s first audio transmission.
As in years past, he will be conducting the Fessenden transmission on Christmas Eve, as well as New Year’s Eve. The plan is to start each day around 1800z and run for 24 hours.
Listener reports may be sent to Brian Justin, WA1ZMS, at his QRZ.com address.
If you would like more information about Brian Justin and WI2XLQ, check out our interview with him in 2013.
Additionally, SWLing Post reader, George Stein has a very personal connection with radio pioneer, Reginald Fessenden: click here to read his story.
Yes, 486khz.
What’s the frequency, Kenneth? 😉 Is this still on 486kHz, as in the 2013 article?
I’d like to know the planned frequency, also. You and I are about equally distant from the transmitter although I have a water path. Be interesting to see if we can hear it.